The asbestos problem impacts everyone.

Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest.

You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions.

Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.

I wish we could have acted quicker on Detroit or other failing schools.

I care about the children of Detroit.

All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others.

Despite these hurdles, manufacturers in the U.S. and their employees are doing remarkable work.

We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.

Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't where the greatest need is.

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.

If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

They're similar to the human idea of the sandman. They used to help people sleep. Now they're more prone to creating nightmares that end in death." Lucky's description of the dream weavers.

Classical thermodynamics ... is the only physical theory of universal content which I am convinced ... will never be overthrown.

The span of a man's life - that is nothing. But what a man makes of that span - that is something. A man must make his own meaning for life. Meaning is not automatically given to life.

Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.

The summer of 1943 at Exeter was as happy a time as I ever had in my life.

The comic world has its own limitations, as everything does. I adore it, I respect it, but it's not going to take over all of me.

All of the great geniuses of the world were inspired and driven by their desire to enrich the lives of others.

Concentrating for four hours will wear you out mentally.